Well, never fear even if you aren`t actually at our event on the 31st, I`m sure that there will be many members that provide PTRs. In addition, I`m sure us staff members will update the site with full coverage in the photo galleries as well. KICentral is the place to get all the latest information on Kings Island!

Thanks! Didn't ML lower their height req after they opened? Or maybe I'm thinking of something else.

Maria

okay, i'm having a brain fart, what does ml stand for?

Thanks! Didn't ML lower their height req after they opened? Or maybe I'm thinking of something else.

Maria

okay, i'm having a brain fart, what does ml stand for?

Millie force - Cedar Point

Thanks! Didn't ML lower their height req after they opened? Or maybe I'm thinking of something else.

Maria

okay, i'm having a brain fart, what does ml stand for?

Millie force - Cedar Point

Wouldn't it be MF then?

^ oh, sorry i have never seen it abb. that way before, i've only seen it as mf

Thanks! Didn't ML lower their height req after they opened? Or maybe I'm thinking of something else.

Maria

Yes. MF's height requirement was previously 52". Now you only have to be 48" tall to ride, due to the modification to the safety restraints.

Okey dokey, we've all posted our favorite supports, now, our favorite piece of track!

Mine's the lift hill crown. BIG WOLER KOSTER!

my favorite piece of track is this one:

http://kiDiamondback.com/public/latest/gal...ge&chip=355

http://kiDiamondback.com/public/latest/gal...ge&chip=355

I just love the way that piece looks at that angle. I was watching the webcam today and this area

looked really awkward. Maybe because it doesn't come as close to the ground as the area coming out of the turn that is also seen in this picture. But from the webcam it looked really "tight" and that it will deliver a lot of g's.

Does anyone know why it doesn't go all the way to the ground like the piece next to it does? Maybe if the hill went down all the way, then the turn would be further out, and would have a long distance to travel towards where the MCBR is?

Does anyone know why it doesn't go all the way to the ground like the piece next to it does? Maybe if the hill went down all the way, then the turn would be further out, and would have a long distance to travel towards where the MCBR is?

It's a simple case of conserving the energy in the train. To put it simple, by not traveling all the way to the ground means less vertical distance the train has to travel into the upper portion of the hammerhead element. Subsequently this leads to a higher exit speed at ground-level portion of the hammerhead exit due to the conserved kinetic energy.

^The only energy thats going to be lost on any roller coaster is due to friction (Wheels on the track, wind resistance, brakes, etc.). If that particular section of track reached the ground, it would have a higher kinetic energy that would be converted into the same amount of potential energy at the top ot the turn.

Photo Update to the Photo gallery at KiDiamondback.com!

http://www.kiDiamondback.com/public/latest/gallery/

That station is looking mighty fine! Once the final helix is up, it will forever change the look going back to The Beast.

Yes it will. I can't wait to watch the train go zooming overhead when going back to Beast, if you still enter there.

Im wondering if the station exterior will keep the natural wood tone or if it will be stained to match the other buildings close by or maybe a darker stain.

I can't help, but to think some kind of staining at the very least...

i guess it will be the same color as the base of the structure

I was hoping to see some photos of the work on the first helix and the MCBR now that they are complete.

Im wondering if the station exterior will keep the natural wood tone or if it will be stained to match the other buildings close by or maybe a darker stain.

It looks to me like the nearby buildings have a natural, weathered 'grayness', which the DB station might perhaps fade to in the coming years.

It's hard to say but the siding doesn't look treated from here and if they were going to stain and finish it I bet they would have used pre-finished boards. So...I'm guessing they plan to let it fade like the surrounding buildings. Just a somewhat educated guess.

Work on the final helix has begun. Or I should say track placement for the final helix has begun.

Yeah I got all excited when I saw the cranes there. I just can't wait to stand under and around those elements and feel the force of the trains roaring by!

I bet there are going to be a lot of MF comparisons and debates about which is better.

^The only energy thats going to be lost on any roller coaster is due to friction (Wheels on the track, wind resistance, brakes, etc.). If that particular section of track reached the ground, it would have a higher kinetic energy that would be converted into the same amount of potential energy at the top ot the turn.

My apologies, I meant kinetic not potential energy. It was late at night and I was nearly falling asleep after way too many heat transfer problems, haha.

It's hard to say but the siding doesn't look treated from here and if they were going to stain and finish it I bet they would have used pre-finished boards. So...I'm guessing they plan to let it fade like the surrounding buildings. Just a somewhat educated guess.

I was wondering if they would spray stain the building after exterior construction or like you and others have mentioned it may just be allowed to fade greay, but there still needs to be some type of staining to protect the wood. I still expect the stain to be a clove brown color or similar to match the base of the station.

Looking at the pix of Diamondback.com, DB drops shockingly low right in front of the entrance to the Crypt! Should be a crowd and coastergeek pleaser alike!

200th post!

Is the webcam stuck at 1:35 p.m. for everyone else or is it just me?

It's not just you.

Yes it is stuck for me as well.

^^^You are not alone. It stuck for me too! I just got home from school and was hoping to see the progress of the final helix and it was stuck at 1:35. I'm mad!

Glad to hear im not the only person the webcam is stuck for.

It's stuck for me as well.